I love her in Double Indemnity, Sorry, Wrong Number and Executive Suite. And I will probably love her in anything else I se her in. She's great. She was also the best thing about The Colbys (or, as it was originally called, lest we forget, Dynasty II: The Colbys - great title!)

I love her in The Furies, an Elektra-like western in which she is fierce, sexually independent, powerful, unstable, violent... A wild animal, like somebody described Sharon Stone in Casino, but a much better performance. Walter Huston is spectacular, too.

It's a film by Anthony Mann, by the way, one of the best directors ever, and one of the most underrated.

So many great performances to choose from, I can't recall ever finishing one of her films and thinking she had missed the mark. I'll have to do one for comedy and one for drama and one pre-code.

The comedy would be Christmas in Connecticut. She seems so relaxed and easy in the part, maybe because she was coming off Double Indemnity and was glad not to have to do any heavy lifting, plus it's a Christmas movie that does hit you over the head with Christmas cheer. What a supporting cast as well. I also love Ball of Fire, Lady of Burlesque, and The Mad Miss Manton

For drama I'm a big fan of Titanic. She and Clifton Webb spark off each other amazingly well, the scene between them at the lifeboats is masterful. There's too many others to list but Double Indemnity is up there of course as well as The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Stella Dallas, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers and Clash by Night.

The pre-code would have to be Baby Face. What a wild ride that movie is and she plays it for all its worth. An amazing actress would could do pretty much anything.

I don't get why Christmas in Connecticut keeps being mentioned and Remember the Night isn't. It's one of the best romantic dramas I've ever seen. Every single emotional rings so true, and the ending's complete lack of fantasy KILLS me. One of her ABSOLUTE best all around.

Plus, I mean, Sturges wrote it and he conceived The Lady Eve on-set, which is of course her (and his) best, so that's worth a lot of brownie points, y'know?

Nathaniel, for some reason most of my recent comments don't get published, I'm not sure why.

Anyhow I can't just sit here in silence while the GREATEST ACTRESS OF ALL TIME is being discussed.

I couldn't possibly limit myself to one favourite performance. Here's a top 10

1. Double Indemnity2. The Lady Eve (though, depending on mood, this is sometimes no.1)3. Ball of Fire4. Meet John Doe (she had a good year...)5. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers6. Forty Guns7. Ladies of Leisure (it's an obscure Capra film - trashy fun elevated by her presence. It's one of her first roles and her entrance is electric: in extreme long shot, with a single gesture, she pretty much reinvents Hollywood screen acting.)8. There's Always Tomorrow9. Baby Face10. The Furies

Have to remember "The Big Valley" where she basically sold every Chrysler in America for four years. "Walk on the Wild Side" is still great, "Golden Boy" requires a big nod and never forget her best performance as wife to Robert Taylor.

I'm late to this party, but had to comment. Stanwyck is one of my five favorite actresses. I've always wondered what she would do with material being written today. I could definitely see her kicking ass in RED 2 along with Helen Mirren. Here are my top 10, in no particular order:

Mad Miss MantonRemember the NightBall of FireDouble IndemnityStella DallasThe Lady EveNo Man of Her OwnChristmas in ConnecticutMeet John Doe (Cooper gets all the credit for this one, but she makes the movie work)

and yes!The Furies

Spent many Saturdays watching Big Valley re-runs. My sister and I used to count the number of times she fell down, fell off her horse, got pushed, shoved, or yelled "aaaaagggghhhh"--our version of a kiddie drinking game!